10 Facts About Anne Cecil

Anne Cecil served as a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth before her marriage.

Anne Cecil is thought to have been tutored by William Lewin.

In 1569, Anne Cecil was engaged to marry Sir Philip Sidney.

However, his reasons for marrying Anne Cecil were largely mercenary, as he had hoped her father would pay his many outstanding debts.

Together Oxford and Anne Cecil had a total of five children:.

Anne Cecil was buried in Westminster Abbey in a tomb which she shares with her mother, who died in 1589, and upon which is Anne's effigy.

Anne Cecil's husband remarried in 1591 Elizabeth Trentham, by whom he had his heir Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford.

Lady Anne Cecil was portrayed in the movie Anonymous by actresses Amy Kwolek and Helen Baxendale.

The role is based on Lady Anne Cecil, but is heavily fictionalized.

Anne Cecil is the narrator in Peter Hildebrandt's alternate history novel, The Rest is Silence, the story of her husband, the 17th Earl of Oxford.